Radio Pulse Profile Evolution of Magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607
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| author | Fisher, Rebecca Butterworth, Elliot Rajwade, Kaustubh Stappers, Ben Desvignes, Gregory Karuppusamy, Ramesh Kramer, Michael Liu, Kuo Lyne, Andrew Mickaliger, Mitchell Shaw, Benjamin Weltevrede, Patrick |
| author_facet | Fisher, Rebecca Butterworth, Elliot Rajwade, Kaustubh Stappers, Ben Desvignes, Gregory Karuppusamy, Ramesh Kramer, Michael Liu, Kuo Lyne, Andrew Mickaliger, Mitchell Shaw, Benjamin Weltevrede, Patrick |
| contents | The shape and polarisation properties of the radio pulse profiles of radio-loud magnetars provide a unique opportunity to investigate their magnetospheric properties. Gaussian Process Regression analysis was used to investigate the variation in the total intensity shape of the radio pulse profiles of the magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607. The observed profile shape was found to evolve through three modes between MJDs 59104 and 59365. The times at which these transitions occurred coincided with changes in the amplitude of modulations in the spin-down rate. The amount of linear and circular polarisation was also found to vary significantly with time. Lomb-Scargle periodogram analysis of the spin-down rate revealed three possibly harmonically related frequencies. This could point to the magnetar experiencing seismic activity. However, no profile features exhibited significant periodicity, suggesting no simple correlations between the profile variability and fluctuations of the spin-down on shorter timescales within the modes. Overall, this implies the mode changes seen are a result of local magnetospheric changes, with other theories, such as precession, less able to explain these observations. |
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| spellingShingle | Radio Pulse Profile Evolution of Magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607 Fisher, Rebecca Butterworth, Elliot Rajwade, Kaustubh Stappers, Ben Desvignes, Gregory Karuppusamy, Ramesh Kramer, Michael Liu, Kuo Lyne, Andrew Mickaliger, Mitchell Shaw, Benjamin Weltevrede, Patrick High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena The shape and polarisation properties of the radio pulse profiles of radio-loud magnetars provide a unique opportunity to investigate their magnetospheric properties. Gaussian Process Regression analysis was used to investigate the variation in the total intensity shape of the radio pulse profiles of the magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607. The observed profile shape was found to evolve through three modes between MJDs 59104 and 59365. The times at which these transitions occurred coincided with changes in the amplitude of modulations in the spin-down rate. The amount of linear and circular polarisation was also found to vary significantly with time. Lomb-Scargle periodogram analysis of the spin-down rate revealed three possibly harmonically related frequencies. This could point to the magnetar experiencing seismic activity. However, no profile features exhibited significant periodicity, suggesting no simple correlations between the profile variability and fluctuations of the spin-down on shorter timescales within the modes. Overall, this implies the mode changes seen are a result of local magnetospheric changes, with other theories, such as precession, less able to explain these observations. |
| title | Radio Pulse Profile Evolution of Magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607 |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12909 |